on a side note, I'd like to meet the East Coast commander...perhaps he's from New York

If there was one, there isn't any more--just Ramirez in LA and Harry in Chicago.

Priscellie FTW!

That's why I'm asking.  How exactly did he sply without anyone noticing?

Come up out of the floor just to eye level under a piece of furniture.

Look down out of the ceiling.

If his shape-assuming power works on inanimate objects, pretend to be a floor lamp 

Also, he cold have Harry sculpt a bust of him, then just occupy it as needed.

OK, now I'm being silly.  My bad.

 

Currently pondering:

Where should we go for vacation?

 

Branson MO.  Because it has to be seen to be believed.

Reread Grave Peril last night, and I have a potential query for placing it in October; Harry's last conversation with Susan takes place with her in a bikini outdoors getting some sun on one of the last warm days of the year - is this plausible for early October on the shores of Lake Michigan, and if not, would moving it back into late September make a big difference ?
 

From the National Weather service records for Illinois:
ROCKFORD... OCTOBER 3, 1997:   THIS WAS THE SECOND DAY IN A SEVEN DAY HEAT WAVE THAT SENT HIGH TEMPERATURES PAST THE 80 DEGREE MARK. ON THIS DATE...THE HIGH REACHED 90 DEGREES WHICH TIED THE RECORD PREVIOUSLY SET IN 1922. ALTHOUGH THIS WAS THE ONLY RECORD ESTABLISHED OVER THE SEVEN DAY PERIOD...TEMPERATURES WERE AROUND 15 TO 20 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL.

Rockford is a little to the northwest of Chicago, so that means it was unseasonably warm in Chicago until at least October 8th.  How does 1997 work as a date for GP?  I can't access the first page of this tread at present--every time I try the connection resets.

For what it's worth:

http://www.etyries.com/journeys/elmal.htm

OK, I'm going to display the depths of my computer illiteracy here.  Why is it that some threads display neatly within one screen, and others run wide and I have to scroll across to read them?